There is much more than nostalgia on this week's music release list, one of the strongest of the year so far. The Danger Mouse / James Mercer (The Shins) project Broken Bells releases its self-titled album tomorrow.

Anais Mitchell's Hadestown is an ambitious retelling of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, complete with guest vocals from Bon Iver's Justin Vernon, Ani DiFranco, and others. Titus Andronicus's The Monitor is another concept album, this one built around the Civil War (and one of my favorite records of the young year).